Times file photoStudents at Alabama A&M doused Huntsville firefighters with water balloons and Super Soakers Tuesday night during a false alarm. (Huntsville Times photo)

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Officials with the Huntsville Fire & Rescue and Huntsville Police Department talked with Alabama A&M officials after firefighters responded last week to a fire alarm on the A&M campus and were drenched with water balloons and super soakers.

Fire and Rescue Chief Mike Sublett says the firefighters learned someone pulled an alarm as a prank and students threw water balloons and used Super Soakers as they were trying to leave campus.

Huntsville Fire & Rescue crews called Huntsville Police for help, but Alabama A&M University police told city officers they weren't needed. Sublett said students had a water battle earlier in the day and that fight with water balloons and super-soakers spilled into the evening.

Contacted this morning by The Huntsville Times, Dr. Harry Hobbs, communications director for Huntsville police, said HPD received a call last night asking for assistance from Huntsville Fire & Rescue. At A&M, the HPD officers were told everything was under control and they weren't needed, Hobbs said.

"At that point, we left," Hobbs told The Times. "Any arrests made have to be released by the Alabama A&M Police Department and anything associated with what the fire department did from Huntsville Fire & Rescue.

"The only thing I can confirm is our police department did talk with A&M's Police Department."

Six firefighters including two district fire chiefs felt it was necessary to call Huntsville Police. Fire and HPD officials talked with A&M police and A&M Chief Monica Ray apologized, Sublett said.

WHNT News 19 reported some people were arrested, but could not confirm who made the arrests. Sublett said none of his personnel was hurt and a department truck only received minor damage.